The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter developed from the earlier He 49, with a seaplane variant and a ground-attack version also built. It was designed after Heinkel recruited the talented designers Walter and Siegfried Günter in 1931, and it was ordered into production for the still secret Luftwaffe, with the first pre-production aircraft flying in May 1933 and deliveries starting in July of the next year. It was a conventional single-bay biplane powered by a glycol-cooled BMW VI engine and armed with two machine guns above the engine. It was obsolete before it entered service, and after 150 production fighters about 450 He 51B were built, along with about 100 He 51C light ground-attack aircraft.
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Engine Class EngineBMW VI 7.3 Z V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine 1 Comparison
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The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter aircraft
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with the first pre-production aircraft flying in May 1933
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BMW VI 7.3 Z V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine
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The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter aircraft
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In 1931, Heinkel recruited the talented aircraft designers Walter and Siegfried
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